In the next few hours, we’ll track what’s happening during the game — as well as in cyberspace — as the Vikings hope to moveto 5-0 at home and 6-2 on the year. If so, that’s a team that is on track to be 12-4, on its way to the playoffs — and a championship?

Stop laughing. Why, just 25 years ago tonight — in the very same Metrodome — another plucky team beat the odds and won it all: the 1987 Minnesota Twins. Sure, it’s midweek football night, but take a gander at this YouTube video and try to wipe that stupid grin off your face afterwards. Impossible…

7:11 p.m.: Brainy Tweets already coming in:

Must win game tonight for the Vikings, in my opinion. Home game and the schedule is about to get really tough.#Vikings#Buccaneers